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Young's Literal Translation

Proverbs 3:24

If thou liest down, thou art not afraid, Yea, thou hast lain down, And sweet hath been thy sleep.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Faith;   Peace;   Wisdom;   Young Men;   Thompson Chain Reference - Call, Divine;   Church;   Courage-Fear;   Fearlessness;   God's;   Knowledge;   Knowledge-Ignorance;   Saints;   Security;   Security-Insecurity;   Sleep;   Sleep-Wakefulness;   Wisdom;   Wisdom-Folly;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Protection;  

Dictionaries:

- Holman Bible Dictionary - Proverbs, Book of;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Proverbs book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Providence;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Bibliomancy;   Courage;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for June 20;   Faith's Checkbook - Devotion for March 25;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
When you lie down, you will not be afraid;you will lie down, and your sleep will be pleasant.
Hebrew Names Version
When you lie down, you will not be afraid. Yes, you will lie down, and your sleep will be sweet.
King James Version
When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.
English Standard Version
If you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.
New Century Version
When you lie down, you won't be afraid; when you lie down, you will sleep in peace.
New English Translation
When you lie down you will not be filled with fear; when you lie down your sleep will be pleasant.
Amplified Bible
When you lie down, you will not be afraid; When you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.
New American Standard Bible
When you lie down, you will not be afraid; When you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.
World English Bible
When you lie down, you will not be afraid. Yes, you will lie down, and your sleep will be sweet.
Geneva Bible (1587)
If thou sleepest, thou shalt not bee afraide, and when thou sleepest, thy sleepe shalbe sweete.
Legacy Standard Bible
When you lie down, you will not be in dread;You will lie down, and your sleep will be pleasant.
Berean Standard Bible
When you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you rest, your sleep will be sweet.
Contemporary English Version
you will rest without a worry and sleep soundly.
Complete Jewish Bible
When you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.
Darby Translation
when thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid, but thou shalt lie down and thy sleep shall be sweet.
Easy-to-Read Version
When you lie down, you will not be afraid. When you rest, your sleep will be peaceful.
George Lamsa Translation
When you lie down, you shall not be afraid; yea, you shall lie down and your sleep shall be sweet.
Good News Translation
You will not be afraid when you go to bed, and you will sleep soundly through the night.
Lexham English Bible
If you sit down, you will not panic, and if you lie down, then your sleep shall be sweet.
Literal Translation
When you lie down, you shall not dread; yea, you shall lie down and your sleep shall be sweet.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Yf thou slepest, thou shalt not be afrayed, but shalt take thy rest & slepe swetely.
American Standard Version
When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: Yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.
Bible in Basic English
When you take your rest you will have no fear, and on your bed sleep will be sweet to you.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid; yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.
King James Version (1611)
When thou lyest downe, thou shalt not be afraide: yea, thou shalt lye downe, and thy sleepe shalbe sweet.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
If thou sleepest, thou shalt not be afraide: but shalt take thy rest, and sleepe sweetely.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
For if thou rest, thou shalt be undismayed; and if thou sleep, thou shalt slumber sweetly.
English Revised Version
When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
If thou schalt slepe, thou schalt not drede; thou schalt reste, and thi sleep schal be soft.
Update Bible Version
When you lie down, you shall not be afraid: Yes, you shall lie down, and your sleep shall be sweet.
Webster's Bible Translation
When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: but thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.
New King James Version
When you lie down, you will not be afraid; Yes, you will lie down and your sleep will be sweet.
New Living Translation
You can go to bed without fear; you will lie down and sleep soundly.
New Life Bible
You will not be afraid when you lie down. When you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.
New Revised Standard
If you sit down, you will not be afraid; when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
When thou sittest down, thou shalt have no dread, yea thou shalt lie down, and sweet shall be thy sleep.
Douay-Rheims Bible
If thou sleep, thou shalt not fear: thou shalt rest, and thy sleep shall be sweet.
Revised Standard Version
If you sit down, you will not be afraid; when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
When you lie down, you will not be afraid; When you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.

Contextual Overview

21 My son! let them not turn from thine eyes, Keep thou wisdom and thoughtfulness, 22 And they are life to thy soul, and grace to thy neck. 23 Then thou goest thy way confidently, And thy foot doth not stumble. 24 If thou liest down, thou art not afraid, Yea, thou hast lain down, And sweet hath been thy sleep. 25 Be not afraid of sudden fear, And of the desolation of the wicked when it cometh. 26 For Jehovah is at thy side, And He hath kept thy foot from capture.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

liest: Proverbs 6:22, Leviticus 26:6, Psalms 3:5, Psalms 4:8, Psalms 121:4-7, Ezekiel 34:15

and: Psalms 127:2, Jeremiah 31:26, Acts 12:6, 1 Thessalonians 4:13, 1 Thessalonians 4:14

Reciprocal: Job 11:18 - thou shalt take Ecclesiastes 5:12 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 3:2
And the woman saith unto the serpent, `Of the fruit of the trees of the garden we do eat,
Genesis 3:8
And they hear the sound of Jehovah God walking up and down in the garden at the breeze of the day, and the man and his wife hide themselves from the face of Jehovah God in the midst of the trees of the garden.
Genesis 3:9
And Jehovah God calleth unto the man, and saith to him, `Where [art] thou?'
Genesis 3:16
Unto the woman He said, `Multiplying I multiply thy sorrow and thy conception, in sorrow dost thou bear children, and toward thy husband [is] thy desire, and he doth rule over thee.'
Genesis 3:17
And to the man He said, `Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and dost eat of the tree concerning which I have charged thee, saying, Thou dost not eat of it, cursed [is] the ground on thine account; in sorrow thou dost eat of it all days of thy life,
Genesis 3:18
and thorn and bramble it doth bring forth to thee, and thou hast eaten the herb of the field;
Genesis 3:22
And Jehovah God saith, `Lo, the man was as one of Us, as to the knowledge of good and evil; and now, lest he send forth his hand, and have taken also of the tree of life, and eaten, and lived to the age,' --
Exodus 25:2
`Speak unto the sons of Israel, and they take for Me a heave-offering; from every man whose heart impelleth him ye do take My heave-offering.
Numbers 22:23
and the ass seeth the messenger of Jehovah standing in the way, and his drawn sword in his hand, and the ass turneth aside out of the way, and goeth into a field, and Balaam smiteth the ass to turn it aside into the way.
Joshua 5:13
And it cometh to pass in Joshua's being by Jericho, that he lifteth up his eyes, and looketh, and lo, one standing over-against him, and his drawn sword in his hand, and Joshua goeth unto him, and saith to him, `Art thou for us or for our adversaries?'

Gill's Notes on the Bible

When thou liest down thou shalt not be afraid,.... That is, when thou liest down on thy bed at night in order to take sleep, having committed thyself into the hands of a faithful Creator and covenant God and Father, and of Christ the Redeemer and Wisdom of God; thou shalt not be afraid of thieves breaking in to hurt thy person or rob thee of thy property, or of fire to consume thy dwelling and substance, and of nocturnal apparitions and diabolical spectres deceiving thy sight and disturbing thy mind: or when thou art "asleep" e, for so the word also signifies; thou shall not be surprised out of it with any of the above things, or terrified in it with uneasy imaginations, anxious cares, and distressing dreams;

yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet; free of all uneasy thoughts and cares, sound and refreshing, pleasant and comfortable, like that of the labouring man, Ecclesiastes 5:12; see Psalms 4:8. This epithet of "sweet" is often given to "sleep" in poetic writings f.

e תשכב "dormieris", V. L. "eum dormies", Vatablus. f γλυκυς υπνος, Homer. Odyss. 7. v. 289. & 19. v. 511. Theocrit. Idyll. 11. v. 22, 23.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Proverbs 3:24. When thou liest down — In these verses (Proverbs 3:23-26) the wise man describes the confidence, security, and safety, which proceed from a consciousness of innocence. Most people are afraid of sleep, lest they should never awake, because they feel they are not prepared to appear before God. They are neither innocent nor pardoned. True believers know that God is their keeper night and day; they have strong confidence in him that he will be their director and not suffer them to take any false step in life, Proverbs 3:23. They go to rest in perfect confidence that God will watch over them; hence their sleep, being undisturbed with foreboding and evil dreams, is sweet and refreshing, Proverbs 3:24. They are not apprehensive of any sudden destruction, because they know that all things are under the control of God; and they are satisfied that if sudden destruction should fall upon their wicked neighbour, yet God knows well how to preserve them, Proverbs 3:25. And all this naturally flows from the Lord being their confidence, Proverbs 3:26.


 
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